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On 22 December 2008 at 14:28

PUNJAB : MEGA LOK ADALAT SETTLE OVER 2 LAKH CASES21-12-2008In a remarkable endeavour in the history of Judiciary, around 2.84 lakh cases were disposed of in Punjab during the two-day Mega Lok Adalats known as Samadhan-2008. Besides Punjab, the Mega l
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On 22 December 2008 at 14:26

CJI: MORE EVENING COURTS TO BE OPENEDChief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan said more evening courts would be opened across the country to reduce the pendency of cases in various courts.Inaugurating the training of judicial officers and lawyer
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On 22 December 2008 at 00:02

NHRC's Human Rights Day Function 10TH DEC, 2008The Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. Somnath Chatterjee today released a commemorative postal stamp in observance of 60 years of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights at a special function organized by the
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On 18 December 2008 at 19:37

ALLAHABAD HC EXPRESS ANGUISH OVER SECURIT PROVIDING SYSTEM12/18/2008The Allahabad High Court expressed its dissatisfaction and anguish on the system of providing gunners/security personnel to individuals in the matter it has been implemented, at the
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On 17 December 2008 at 11:35

LAWYERS TURN TO FACEBOOK TO SERVE LEGAL PAPERS (Reuters) – Lawyers in Australia expect the internet social network site Facebook to become a new way of tracking down defendants after a landmark court ruling.The Supreme Court in Australia's capital
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On 17 July 2008 at 13:58

Of all the provisions in India's draft safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the termination clause in Paragraph 29 has occasioned considerable debate. One of India's lead negotiators, Dr R B Grover of the Department of At
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On 28 June 2008 at 15:23

India's woefully underfunded court system, with its shortfall of judges but excess of corrupt lawyers, is also saddled with a gargantuan backlog of 29.2 million cases pending across hundreds of subordinate state-level courts, 21 high courts and the S
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On 27 June 2008 at 16:37

India became one of the few developing countries to launch the ‘e-passports scheme’ with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee presenting the first copy to President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday. The e-passports wil
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